Classwork & Homework, 3rd & 4th Rotations

Day 8 (Tuesday, 9.16): Reisner 97-142. Earthquake readiness discussion; implications and connections. Homework: Finish Reisner.


Day 9 (Thursday, 9.18): Reisner wrap-up. Homework: Final draft of Location Essay due Monday, 9.22.


Day 10 (Monday, 9.22): Location Essay due. Connections: what themes and patterns have emerged from the work thus far (geology, Reisner's A Dangerous Place, Location Essay, "Where You At" quiz, opening discussions)? Chalk talk. Must a connection to the land be both emotional and factual/place-based? Is having a connection to one's place an ethical imperative? Homework: Read Cronon's "The Trouble with Wilderness, or Getting Back to the Wrong Nature."

Day 12 (Wednesday, 9.24): Cronon essay. Foundations of "wilderness" and implications for treatment of home places. Homework: Write a brief, typed letter of response to Cronon.

Day 13 (Friday, 9.26): Cronon letters. In-class writing on areas of interest for local knowledge project. No Homework Weekend.